Psalms 124

1 You Israeli [people], [answer this question]: What [would have happened to us] if Yahweh had not been (helping/fighting for) us?

A Canticle in steps. If the Lord had not been with us, let Israel now say it:

2 When [our enemies] attacked us, if Yahweh had not been fighting for us,

if the Lord had not been with us, when men rose up against us,

3 we would have all been killed [IDM] because they were very angry with us!

perhaps they would have swallowed us alive. When their fury was enraged against us,

4 [They would have been like] [MET] a flood that swept/carried us away; [it would have been as though] the water would have covered us,

perhaps the waters would have engulfed us.

5 and we would [all] have drowned in the flood that was (raging/flowing very fast).

Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water.

6 [But] praise Yahweh, because he has not allowed our [enemies to destroy us] [like wild animals] [MET] tear apart [the creatures that they capture].

Blessed is the Lord, who has not given us into the harm of their teeth.

7 We have escaped [from our enemies] like a bird escapes from the trap that hunters have set; [it is as though] the trap [that our enemies set for us] was broken and we have escaped from it!

Our soul has been snatched away like a sparrow from the snare of the hunters. The snare has been broken, and we have been freed.

8 Yahweh is the one who helps us [MTY]; he is the one who made heaven and the earth.

Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.